Song of the chapter: Am I Wrong by Nico and Vinz.
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Tade: Wish me luck today
Amenze: Why?
Tade: Let's just say that I'm about to do something today that would either make or break me.
Amenze: Well I hope it makes you. Good luck!
"Tade! Better finish doing lovey lovey with your girlfriend and come here! We cannot be late!" Mfon screeched and Tade winced, logging out and shutting his laptop down.
He hoisted himself into his wheelchair, without any accidents as he had enough practice, and wheeled himself out of the room and into the sitting room. Mfon sat there with Michael and Mr. Tola, Michael's cousin who was a top lawyer in the state.
"Finally, we have to be early. Shows a good impression." She stood up and wheeled him out of the house without permission, the two men following behind her. There was an Uber waiting for them in the front of the house, and they went through the usual ritual of putting him in the car and keeping his wheelchair in the boot.
"Are you nervous?" Mfon asked after a while of comfortable silence. She was seated at his right while Mr. Tola took the left. Michael was riding shotgun.
Tade shrugged in reply. Should he be nervous?
"What are my chances of winning?" Tade asked Mr. Tola. "Roughly, seventy five percent." The lawyer replied confidently. "Wow! That good?" Tade was surprised.
"Well yes. Although Manny was smart with his plans, his cleaning up is very messy. He didn't expect you to go after him, that's for sure. A lot of incriminating banking transactions; we tracked down the people he paid to cause the accident and the fire, and we have recorded confessions that he sent them. He's in deep trouble, he just doesn't know it." Mr. Tola said and Tade grinned.
"Perfect."
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"Who are those guys glaring at me?" Tade whispered to Mfon who was sitting behind him. They were sitted in court that was supposed to start in less than ten minutes and some guys sitted at the other side had been glaring at Tade for a while.
"Oh, those are Manny's minions." Mfon replied, looking at them and giving them a wink. Instead of glaring daggers at her like Tade expected, they avoided her gaze and looked away in fear. "How did you get that recorded confession again?" Tade asked.
"Lets just say I'm very persuasive." Mfon said vaguely with a confident smirk.
"Where is this judge sef? I'm getting anxious." Tade said, wisely dropping the subject. "You need to calm down. Don't show any form of fear, be confident in your testimonies okay?" Mr. Tola said, and Tade nodded.
"I know I know." He said. "Look who just came in." Mfon said, causing Tade to look back.
Manny was walking in confidently with Olamide at his side, the latter looking wary. He had a whole entourage of lawyers behind him as he strode in; his smirk faltered when he sighted his former workers sitting in fear at one side of the court, but he quickly hid it, walking towards Tade.
"Well, who would've guessed that my childhood friend would sue me. And look, it's your obedient dog, following you everywhere you go." Manny mused and Tade rolled his eyes. "You lost the rights to be my friend the moment you decided that you wanted what I worked for. And just so you know, Mfon is a solider now. You won't want to be arrested by an army officer now would you? You know how extreme their measures can be." Tade replied coolly. "And how are you enjoying my leftovers? She seems to be warming every rich mans bed, from what I'm seeing." Tade added, looking at Olamide who's eyes widened at the insult.
"How dare you-"
"Olamide, abeg let's go. When we win this thing, he'll be the one begging." Manny sneered.
"I can't wait to hear how many years you get, I hope you rot in jail." Tade retorted, turning away so he would have the last say.
Manny and Olamide were ushered into their seats while the judge was announced.
"Revenge." Tade muttered as they all stood up in respect to the judge. "Sweet, sweet revenge."
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"And now, with all the evidence, arguments and testimonies received today, the jury has made their decision." The judge announced.
Tade's hands were suddenly sweaty, all confidence had left him and his brain was racing with negative thoughts.
What if the bribe was judged? What if the evidence wasn't enough? What if Manny just got up and pulled a gun out, blasting his brain into pieces? He didn't want to die!
He shook the thoughts off his head. He needed to think more of the seventy five percent than the remaining twenty five percent.
"Mr. Emmanuel Nnena has been declared guilty." The judge's baritone shook the whole room and Tade's face suddenly lit up. "The court has sentenced him to life imprisonment with no parole for attempted murder, corporate thievery, fraud, and others. Miss. Olamide Yomi has also been sentenced to life imprisonment for aiding and abetting." The judge went on to sentence the remaining minions to twenty five years each with hard labour , but Tade's head was so far in the clouds, he could hardly hear a thing.
"As for Mr. Tade Bello; he would be completely compensated and given back all that was stolen from him." The judge added.
"Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, bloody yes!" Tade shouted, pumping his fists in the air, interrupting the judge. Everyone kept quiet and looked at him. "Oh, you're not done. Sorry, continue." He apologized sheepishly.
"Court arise." The judge walked out and Manny, Olamide and their minions were ushered out of the court by the policemen.
"Who's begging now?" Tade called as they walked out of the court, glaring daggers at him.
Feeling extremely confident, he turned to his lawyer. "So when do I get my compensation?"
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"Are you seeing the news?" Mfon asked. They had gotten home, celebrated with champagne before Michael had to go and drop his cousin.
"No. Too busy watching alerts enter my phone." He grinned. "I don get alert, Godwin! Ah I'm so happy eh."
Mfon laughed, turning up the volume. "The headline says: Simon Bello, now known as Tade Bello, is back!" She read out for him.
"Well of course yes I'm back baby!" He grinned. "Do you think Amenze would like me now? Even without the legs?" He asked.
"I think she already likes you mumu." Mfon replied.
"There's just one thing I don't understand though." Tade said. "How did they find out about the new software? I didn't tell anyone about it."
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Nine months ago.
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"Simon I don't understand all this techy stuff jare. What's this?" Mfon asked. They were seated in his office, as Tade showed her his plans for the new project.
"It's a new software I'm working on. According to my financial advisers, this baby would make me very rich and well known in the international market." He explained.
"Oh. So aren't you supposed to be working on your team to develop it and not telling me?" She asked in confusion.
"I'm working on it alone. When it's ready, I'll launch it, then announce to my company. Its very sensitive and expensive. I don't want anyone to betray me." He explained. "So the only person that knows, is you."
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Present time
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"You." Tade turned to her, his brown eyes swirling with anger and disbelief.
"Tade-"
"It was you all along."
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Ohhh who saw that coming 👀👀👀?!
I don get alert, godwin!.😂😂😆😆😆🙌🙌. That's a line from a song, Godwin by Korede Bello.
Alert is a message you get from the bank when money enters your account
Do you guys think Mfon betrayed him? 😕😕😕
And who's happy that Tade Bello is back?!
Question of the chapter: what does turning eighteen mean for you?
My answer: It means now, I can tell my mother to stop holding my hand when crossing the road with me 😑😑😑
Now that that's over...
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